Choose a job you have held or that you know about. Analyze its characteristics, according to the job characteristics model. If you managed subordinates with this job, what could you do to increase its motivational potential?
What will be an ideal response?
The job should be analyzed as to its skill variety (how many different skills does your job require?), task identity (how many different tasks are required to complete the work?), task significance (how many other people are affected by your job?), autonomy (how much discretion does your job give you?), and feedback (how often do you find out how well you're doing?).
To increase motivation these five core characteristics should be considered as they affect three critical psychological states: meaningfulness of work, responsibility for results, and knowledge of results. In turn, these positive psychological states fuel high motivation, high performance, high satisfaction, and low absenteeism and turnover.
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